On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Rasmus Schultz <ras...@mindplay.dk> wrote:
> Thank you, but this isn't really anything like what I had in mind. > > What I had in mind is more like set-semantics for arrays, e.g. designed to > work with sets of distinct values/objects. > > Since I do not have permission to write on the wiki, I posted an initial > draft here: > > https://gist.github.com/321ad9b4b8c4e1713488 Just an idea, since array_delete() may remove multiple values, I would change the return value to (int) and return how many elements were removed from the array. > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohg...@ohgaki.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > 2012/8/21 Rasmus Schultz <ras...@mindplay.dk>: > > > I have a login (mindplay) but I do not have permission to post or edit > > > anything on the wiki... > > > > I've created RFC for this > > > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_delete > > > > Get wiki account and finish discussion. > > I may write patch for this with my spare time, but > > it may take while to find time. I suggest write patch > > and send pull request. > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Yasuo Ohgaki > > yohg...@ohgaki.net > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Will Fitch <willfi...@php.net> wrote: > > > > > >> Please let this die until someone is serious enough to come up with an > > >> rfc. This has been nothing but counterproductive arguing. If someone > > feels > > >> strongly about it, write an rfc then we can discuss? > > >> On Aug 20, 2012 7:53 PM, "Yasuo Ohgaki" <yohg...@ohgaki.net> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> 2012/8/21 Herman Radtke <hermanrad...@gmail.com>: > > >>> >>> May be we should have something like > > >>> >> > > >>> >> >> > > >>> >> >> array_delete_if($array, function($v, $k=null) { if ($v == 300) > > >>> return > > >>> >> >> true; }) > > >>> >> > > > >>> >> > So array_filter? > > >>> >> > > >>> >> I'll use it or like for deleting, but the point of this thread is > > >>> >> "intuitive function for deleting element(s)" > > >>> >> > > >>> >> array_delete($array, $value|callable) > > >>> >> > > >>> >> would be nicer for users, perhaps. > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > You are basically asking to alias array_filter with "array_delete". > > >>> That is > > >>> > a very slippery slope. I think array_filter is very a very obvious > > >>> choice to > > >>> > remove something from an array. The "filter" function/method is > > common > > >>> in > > >>> > functional languages (and functional frameworks like Underscore). > > >>> > > > >>> > These are things developers just need to learn as part of > > development. > > >>> > Really, this is entire thread should be on stack overflow, not > > >>> internals. > > >>> > > >>> I guess you haven't read later post. > > >>> > > >>> You've also made a novice mistake. > > >>> array_filter() DO NOT delete elements, but creates new array. > > >>> array_delete() is another form of array_walk(), not array_filter(). > > >>> See my posts. > > >>> > > >>> Having a API for dedicated task is good thing. > > >>> Who would argue array_pop()/array_push() isn't needed? > > >>> > > >>> Regards, > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Yasuo Ohgaki > > >>> yohg...@ohgaki.net > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >>> > > >>> > > > -- -- Tjerk
